Ran off the ferry on Monday after eight days on the water. Jumped in the car and headed west on the Trans-Labrador Highway. Homeward bound. Only fuel between Goose Bay and Labrador City is in Churchill Falls, a company town. 281 km to Churchill Falls, another 244 to Lab City.
The “mighty” Churchill River. After Canada diverted it 900 feet underground in 1970 to generate power. At 5.4 mega-watts capacity, it is the 16th largest hydro-power station in the world.
Hydro power is big here. MANIC-2 and MANIC-5 on Manicouagan River. Manic-5, at 2.2 million cubic meters of concrete is the largest dam of its type in the world. It forms a distinctive annular reservoir, filling the world’s fifth largest confirmed impact structure (meteor strike).
Water isn’t the only resource. Labrador city hosts North America’s largest open pit iron mine. The picture below doesn’t convey the massive scale very well. Quebec Route 389 skirts this for miles.
Apparently I couldn’t leave Canada without one last ferry ride. This one unplanned. Coming down Route 138 from Baie-Commeau to Quebec one enters Tadoussac and the road ends in a ferry. It’s free and runs every 20 minutes during the day.
Back in the States after a brief wait at the border.
Here’s the whole route. Absolutely incredible. I highly recommend Labrador for a visit. I highly recommend Newfoundland for multiple visits. Something close to 6,000 miles all in. Plus ferries.
Mr. Peabody’s coal train has hauled it away…
The Journey 